Hat-fastener.



G. FREIWALD.

HAT FASTENEB.

APPLICATION man ms. 26. 1918.

I Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

WITNESSES ATTORNE enric errsrav FREIWALD, or ronrnann, censors.

HAT- FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

- Application filed February 26, 1918. Serial No. 219,291.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Go's'rAv FREIWALD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of hat fasteners particularlyadapted for securing womens hats to the hair in which two substantiallyparallel and preferably curved prongs are employed at each side of thehat.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed andeficient fastener of this character which may be applied to the innerface of a hat between the side walls thereof and the lining so that whennot in use it will be completely obscured and out of the way and may bereadily projected when necessary.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a transverse verticalsection of a portion of a hat with this improved fastener shown appliedwith the prongs projected iii dotted lines and retracted in full lines,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the prongs shown projected, thefastener being detached,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe prgngs and their lockingelement detached, an

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

\ In the embodiment illustrated, a portion of a hat H is shown havingthe usual brim B and crown C with a lining L arranged therein. Thisinvention comprises a plate 1, here shown rectangular, althoughobviously it may be of any other desired configuration, and which iscomposed preferably of metal, although it may be composed of othersuitable stifi material. This plate has apertures 2 arranged around theedge thereof to provide for its attachment to the were of the hat or thelinin as may e found desirable. The plate is also provided with a pairof transversely alined laterally spaced slits 3 near one edge and at apoint spaced inwardly therefrom and in longitudinal alinement therewithare a pair of keepers 4 formed by striking out the material of the plateas is shown clearly in Fig. 2. One wall of each of the slits 3 is oflsetrelatively to the other so as to permit the free passage between them ofthe attaching or fastening prongs presently to be descrlbed.

Y These keepers and slits form guides for a pair of prongs 5 which arearranged in parallel relation and preferably provided at their free endswith rounded or ballshaped terminals 6. These prongs 5 are curvedlongitudinally and 3 to adapt them to conform to the shape of the headof the wearer and to enter the hair at the proper angle, and they may becomposed of celluloid, bone, metal or any suitable material. Theseprongs 5 are con nected at'their inner ends by a locking plate 7 whichhas journals 8 at its opposite ends mounted in bearings formed in theinner ends of the prongs. This plate 7 is camshaped and is provided witha finger grip in the form of a lip 9 on its free edge, it being pivotedto the prongs eccentricallyrso that when shut down into the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the prongs will be locked in, projectedposition. To release the prongs and retract them, the plate 7 is swungdownwardly to the full line position shown in Fig. 1, which will operateto slide said prongs downwardly through the guides Sand 4 between thehat lining L and its crown and thereby obscure and position them so asnot to interfere with the placing of the hat on the head of the wearer.

From the above description, it will be ob-' vious that this simplyconstructed device, while cheap to manufacture, and easily applied,will, when the prongs 5 are projected,v

securely retain the hat on the head of the wearer and prevent allpossibility of its being blown off or accidentally dislodged.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings. the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the invention together with the device which Ias shown 1n Figsidw, M

now consider to he the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely that such changes may be madeas are Within the scope of the claimed invention.

:Ltestenerofthe cless described comprising an attaching plate havingmeans for con-- necting it to ahet and provided With a pair of?transversely elined laterallyspeced slits, e pai ofkeepers arranged insaid plate in illustrative and messes longitudinal elinement With saidslits, a pair of prongs slidebly mounted in said slits end keepers,- acam locking plate having it finger grip at its free end for actuatingsaid plate to retract and project said prongs in testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GUETAV FRETWALD,

l fitnesses W. H. POWELL, Gm. GnnoWELL,

